Acme Packet Net-Net 4000 Family
Acme Packet continues its lead position in the SBC market and fills in the low end with the Net- Net 3800. Vendor consolidation and renewed interest in targeting the U.S. market, however, will keep this segment very competitive in the short term. (4/30/2009)
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AudioCodes nCite 4000
AudioCodes’ nCite family of SBCs offers a competitive solution with the required blend of security features built into the platform. The product, however, is having difficulty in gaining market share in this small and highly competitive segment. (5/1/2009)
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Ditech PeerPoint C100
Despite aggressive plans to meld technologies following the Ditech acquisition of the PeerPoint C100 over three years ago, little has come to fruition as Ditech seems content to offer the C100 as a standalone product for Tier 2/3 operators. (5/1/2009)
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GENBAND S3 SBC
GENBAND has grown its product line through acquisition and organic development and entered the SBC market to challenge industry-leader Acme Packet and up-and-coming Huawei, adding fuel to the small yet competitive market segment. (5/13/2009)
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Huawei SE 2300 Family
Huawei’s SE 2300 SBC is a top-five player in the standalone market segment based on revenue. But the segment contains only a handful of players and “others” hold a fifth of the revenue, putting Huawei third behind Acme Packet and GENBAND. (5/1/2009)
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Newport Networks 1460 SBC
Newport continues its development investment with the introduction of Release 5 system software that allows nesting of SBC, BC and BG capabilities on the 1460 system. It remains to be seen if this is the right functionality to drive revenue. (10/3/2008)
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• Sections
  
• - Current Perspective Rating
• - Product Strengths & Weaknesses
• - Product Buying Criteria
• - Product Metrics

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• Buying Criteria
  • Architecture and Applications
    • Describes the types of applications the device is able to offer, such as media release and lawful intercept, as well as the device's ability to support multiple deployment options, such as a distributed architecture.
  • Performance and Capacity
    • Describes the raw performance of the device along with supported interfaces and scalability metrics.
  • Customer Traction and Partnerships
    • This section describes the SBC’s penetration of service provider networks, especially top tier service providers. It also includes strategically valuable partnerships.
  • Security and Platform Features
    • This includes physical and environmental features and management capabilities, such as the type of supported management interfaces, as well as certifications and standards compliance.
    Protocol and IMS Support

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• Product Metrics
  • Architecture and Applications
    • Media Separation
    • Media Anchoring
    • Routing Intelligence
    • Load Balancing
    • NAT and Firewall Traversal
    • NAT Traversal Requires CPE Component
    • NAT Traversal Session Control Functionality
    • VLANs
    • Voice VPNs
    • Media Transcoding (G.729-G.711)
    • Support for Distributed Model
    • Emergency Services Support
    • Lawful Intercept
    • Service Assurance
    • Bandwidth Management
  • Security
    • DoS Prevention
    • Topology Hiding
    • Access Control Lists
    • Detection of Rogue RTP
    • Theft of Service Prevention
    • Support for Encrypted Traffic
  • Performance/Capacity
    • Calls Per Second
    • Concurrent Calls G.711/G.729
    • Call Volumes (BHCA)
    • Call/Session Admission Control
    • Call Flow
    • Scalability Using Multiple Systems
    • Latency (Media/Signaling)
    • Interfaces
  • Protocol Support
    • SIP
    • H.323
    • MIDCOM
    • SIP/H.323 Interworking
    • H.248 and MGCP
    • Fax T.38
  • Certification/Compliance
    • North American
    • ETSI
    • Other
  • Management
    • Northbound Interfaces
    • GUI-based
    • Compatibility with Third-party NMS's
    • Fault Management
    • Performance Management
    • Troubleshooting Capabilities
    • Call Detail Records
  • Physical/Environmental
    • Product Design
    • Dimensions for Each Platform
    • Server Brand/Type
    • Operating System
    • Power Requirements
    • Cooling (BTUs)
    • Hardware Redundancy
    • Software Redundancy
  • Miscellaneous
    • Activity in IETF or Standards Groups
    • Third-party Testing
    • Date of Availability
    • Other Members of Same Product Family
    • Key Announced Customers